The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-14
Baseball Notes.

The Boston Herald thinks that with Boyle the
New Yorks could win the championship.
The Bloomington (IlL) Reds yesterday de-
feated the Danville Platts by a score of IL to 8.
Washington Is trying to buy third basem
Rainey. of Hamilton, and pitcher Burdick. of
Oshkosh.
AT Crawfordsville yesterday. the Crawfords-
villa club defeated the Lafayette players by q
score of 10 to g.
Mu.rie and Spading have agreed to push a
resolution to allow a club to put in any player
during the progress Of a game
Southern managers much displeased
account of the tamperlng with their players in
violation of the national agreement
Cusick, of the Phillies, is missing. His gay
has been cut off. Some say he can be found
when wanted but Harry Wright believes he has
left the city.
beagle at one time pitcher in the Cincinnati
team has thrown his arm out completely, and is
now keeping time for gang of men on the
streeIs of Kansas City. He is doing well.
rhe Philadelphia League team ana the
Brooklyn American Association team about
the greatest disappointments of the season.
Both were looked upon as sure pennant win
ners
There is a big wrangle in the Western League.
President Threw was summarily displaced re-
Gently. There is great noise in the league
against Lincoln, which is winning games with
hands down.
Turner the new pitcher of the Lawrences, is
an Amherst College student and the regular
pitcher of that nine. The league now has in
Meade. Small and Turner. representatives of
Holy Cross, Main-street College and Amherst.
The Charlottesville Base Ball Association has
employed three new men for their clubs Sam
uels, of Chicago Patterson, of Detroit; and Pyle.
of Chicago. The association does not stand back
on expenses. but employs the best men that can
be had.
Bushong in an interview, gives away his sue
cess in evadng injury behind the bat He vs.
a catcher must have pitcher who will obey his
signs The great catcher will not allow any
pitcher to deliver any drops or in-ccrves while
he is behind the bat.
And still another club is to be added to the
Sunday playing clubs Of the Association. The
Athletics of Philadelphia said to be erecting
Sunday grounds on the Jersey side of the Della
ware river. This will leave the Nets and Balti-
mores the only clubs in the association not play
ing Sunday ball.
In the event Of Maple Doram declining to be-
place of Grace Pearce, President Young will try
and induce Furlong. old-time League umpire,
now located in Milwaukee, TO come upon the
scene again. In the meantime Cornell and
Quinn, substitutes, will be utilized until the va
cancy is filled.
Unless the League returns to its senses and
the percentage system next season, l know OF
three clubs which will leave it and enter tina
American Association. Most of the clubs in
that organization want the percentage and the
probabilities are they will get it. The acces-
the Association the foremost baseball or
ganization of the country.
During the season of the Blues Bradley has
made Is two-base hits, Manning and Gardner IL
EACH Sheehan 16, Burns Is. Jordan. Noodle and
Clare each, Murphy z. Burke 2, Butler 1; total,
lis. Manning and Gardner have made three
base hits each, Bradley A, Sheehan 3, Clare and
Burns 2 each. Murphy |; total. %. Manning
and Noodle have made homo runs each, Gard
ner 4, Bradley and Murphy 2. Burns l. total, 81.
Chicago Tribune: In the seventh inning
a pitched ball struck Carrolls bat. glanced.
hit his shoulder, and went by Flint.
aa To wi
Carroll had been hit, and while it was
being argued Carroll ran to second, which
uncovered Arson yelled to Clarkson to get in
his box, and the hall was thrown to him and by
Clarkson to Arson. who was out near second.
He touched Carroll and claimed that he was out.
His point is that il a dead ball, and could
not be in play until returned to the pitcher in
his position. Carroll having run dead
blocked ball. Arson set up that whom the ball
had been returned to Clarkson and put in play
and then used in touching the man on the base
he should be declared out The umpire couldn't
see it, and Nick Young will have to decide. Had
the out been allowed two runs would have been
sayed